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The Zen Master Socrates
The Zen Master Socrates

Author(s): Tadeusz Adam Ożóg
Subject(s): Epistemology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku

Summary/Abstract: In intercultural comparative studies there is a tendency to emphasize differences in the development of solutions to similar problems; but in this short article I am trying to present a stand, where the actual pursuit of truth based on the innermost experience of our lives transcends the limitations of a particular culture, and enables us to benefit; not from the alterity of different forms, but the unity of genuine philosophical endeavor. Based on that, we may notice an alternative; such that instead of westernizing Zen, we may as well try to understand and follow Socrates; a great master who we already have in our tradition; to help us appreciate what genuine Zen is about.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: XXIV
  • Page Range: 233-253
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: English